divine mercy parish sunday, july 11, 2021 fifteenth sunday in ordinary time Epiphany Church Saint Mary of Mercy Church 184 Washington Place 202 Stanwix St Pitsburgh PA 15219 Pitsburgh PA 15222 ADMINISTRATION OFFICE To request a Mass intenton, please call 164 Washington Place Pitsburgh, PA 15219 or email the Parish Ofce at [email protected] or visit www.divinemercypgh.org [email protected] www.divinemercypgh.org to complete 412-471-0257 an online form. CLERGY TEAM PARISH STAFF Pastor To Join our Parish family please visit our Music Minister website at www.divinemercypgh.org Reverend Christopher D. Donley Ian Brown [email protected] [email protected] Deacon Candidate Social Media Specialist To be added to our prayer request board (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel) Marisa D’Amico please contact the Parish Ofce at John P. Corcoran [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Ofce Manager Cynthia Goetz In Residence [email protected] If you would like to have informaton Reverend Edward Bryce Reverend Edward Muge Wedding Coordinator included in the bulletn, please contact Renew the ‘I do’ Reverend Joseph Freedy the Parish Ofce at Dolores Shipe [email protected] [email protected]. [email protected] Seminarians Director of Evangelizaton Xavier Engle Dave VanVickle Interested in becoming Catholic, please [email protected] [email protected] contact Fr. Chris at Peter Mallampalli [email protected] THE RED DOOR: [email protected] Anthony Pampena Assistant Coordinators [email protected] Sister Emily Lepage ZSJM Sister Pawla Witula ZSJM Join us on Flocknote’s! Stay up to date (Saint John XXIII) Noah Pepmeyer [email protected] with announcements and news about [email protected] [email protected] Divine Mercy Parish and our ministries. Sign up at www.divinemercypgh.org or Established on January 6, 2020 and rooted in Catholic Traditon and Faith, scan the QR code below. Divine Mercy Parish aims to be a community rooted in the Eucharist and in service to the most vulnerable among us. Devoted to serving parishioners and non-parishioners alike, we hope that we can ofer you both spiritual and physical nourishment during these difcult tmes through beautful and prayer-flled Liturgy, Adoraton of the Blessed Sacrament, service to the poor, spiritual directon, spiritual resources, prayer encounters and much more. We are very excited that the Lord has graced us with the protecton of His Divine Mercy and look forward to serving you and serving alongside you in the coming weeks, months, and years. Do not hesitate to reach out to any of our clergy or staf members for assistance. May the Merciful Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary be with you this day. TV MINISTRY THE RED DOOR MINISTRY Saint Faustna Gate Daily noon Mass at Saint Mary of Mercy can be live streamed or viewed on: Lunch Monday through Thursday Comcast channel 95 Monday through Saturday 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM Verizon Fios channel 472 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM Pitsburgh’s Faith and Family channel 40.9 Friday www.christanassociatestv.org. Dinner 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM Monday through Friday Mass can also be accessed through our 5:00 PM to 5:30 PM website at www.divinemercypgh.org. Weekly Mass Schedule and Intentons Saturday, July 10 Noon William A. Spitzig + (Rev. Christopher D. Donley) 4:00 PM People of Divine Mercy Parish Sunday, July 11 10:00 AM James Capodanno + (Sam and Marilyn Manfredi) Noon John C. and Mary Rose Gaita + (Theresa Bronowicz) Monday, July 12 Noon Louise Condon + (Mary Lawrence) Good Health for all Health workers at Providence Point Tuesday, July 13 Noon (Andrew Hanovik) Wednesday, July 14 Noon Pete Dimperio + (Family) Thursday, July 15 Noon Kimberly Ann Webber (John F. Webber) Friday, July 16 Noon Ree Mitra and Family (Judy Abbs) Saturday, July 17 Noon Stephen Barkey + (Rev. Christopher D. Donley) 4:00 PM End of Aborton Sunday, July 18 10:00 AM Mary Gaita + (Debbie DiBucci and Dino Ciabatoni) Noon People of Divine Mercy Parish READINGS FOR THE WEEK Monday: Ex 1:8-14, 22; Ps 124:1b-8; Mt 10:34 — 11:1 Tuesday: Ex 2:1-15a; Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34; "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, Mt 11:20-24 and I will give you rest." - Mat 11:28 Wednesday: Ex 3:1-6, 9-12; Ps 103:1b-4, 6-7; Mt Weekday Masses Confession 11:25-27 Saint Mary of Mercy Church Epiphany Church Thursday: Ex 3:13-20; Ps 105:1, 5, 8-9, 24-27; Monday-Saturday Sunday-9:15AM Mt 11:28-30 Noon Saint Mary of Mercy Church Friday: Ex 11:10 — 12:14; Ps 116:12-13, 15, Monday-Friday Afer Noon Mass 16bc, 17-18; Mt 12:1-8 Weekend Masses Saturday: Ex 12:37-42; Ps 136:1, 23-24, 10-15; Saint Mary of Mercy Church Eucharistc Adoraton Mt 12:14-21 Saturday-4PM Saint Mary of Mercy Church Sunday: Jer 23:1-6; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 2:13-18; Epiphany Church Monday-Friday Sunday-10AM Afer Noon Mass Mk 6:30-34 Saint Mary of Mercy Church Sunday-Noon SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: Fifeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Tuesday: St. Henry Wednesday: St. Kateri Tekakwitha Epiphany Church Saint Mary of Mercy Church Monday-Friday Monday-Friday Thursday: St. Bonaventure 9:00AM-1:00PM 9:00AM-1:00PM Friday: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Saturday: Blessed Virgin Mary Contributon Totals June 28 through July 4 Loose cash/checks $1,110.77 Ofertory $1,759.00 Church Building Upkeep $105.00 Parish Share $105.00 Giving to Our Parish Red Door $1,405.00 TV Ministry $232.00 Giving to the Divine Mercy Parish through your will is a great way to contnue your Peter’s Pence Collecton $23.00 support beyond your lifetme. When your Total Contributon $4,739.77 estate is prepared, consider a gif to the Divine Mercy Parish. Thank You! Adoraton Join us Monday- Friday afer Noon Mass. All ages are welcomed and encouraged to atend. Safe Environment Compliance RETURN TO THE LORD Thank you for your interest in becoming a volunteer Saturday, July 17th — 6:30pm-8:00pm at Divine Mercy Parish! The tme you contribute as a volunteer is greatly valued. However, before you Saturday, August 7th — 6:30pm-8:00pm can begin to serve our parish and its ministries, you Saturday, August 21st — 6:30pm-8:00pm must understand the Safe Environment Policy and complete the necessary steps to become safe It is a night of readings, meditatve music, environment compliant. as well as movement of the faithful into Please contact [email protected] for confession and quiet prayer. more informaton. All are welcome to atend! Saint Mary of Mercy Church. July Schedule July 14th 11am-4:30pm July 18th afer the 10am mass July 21st 11am-4:30pm June 28th 11am-4:30pm DIVINE MERCY PARISH SUMMER BOOK CLUB For the next two weeks we are ofering the ffh book on Fr. Chris’s summer book club list. The Path To Holiness Becoming a Living Sacrifce of Love by John Paul Thomas. The goal of this book is to ofer you an invitaton to look more deeply at the path to holiness and to discover the way in which you can travel it in your own life. This invitaton is not simply given to help you grasp the theology of holiness; rather, it is an invitaton to live it. You are called to become holy. But what is "holiness" and how do you obtain it? The path to holiness centers on the virtues of humility and trust. By embracing those virtues you will begin to see God transform your life in such a way that you begin to live the very sacrifcial love of Christ. Furthermore, living a life of sacrifcial love requires you to become a beacon of mercy in this world. Unfortunately, we live in a world that is in many ways void of mercy. It is a world in which harshness and judgment are the norm. However, one of the primary reasons so many people lack mercy in our day and age is because they lack humility and trust. We also live in a world flled with sufering. But sadly, sufering is rarely understood as an opportunity to achieve the highest level of holiness. Sufering is rarely transformed into sacrifcial living. Instead, it is ofen experienced only as a burden to be avoided. “ORDINARY TIME” THOUGHTS Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 16 (Wearing of a Scapular) Last week we discussed how “Ordinary Time” is not ordinary and there are many beautful feasts during this tme. One of the oldest feasts that celebrates Our Blessed Mother is on July 16, the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. “Sacred Scripture celebrated the beauty of Carmel where the prophet Elijah defended the purity of Israel’s faith in the living God. In the twelve century, hermits withdrew to the mountain and later founded the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Carmelites) devoted to the contemplatve life under the patronage of Mary, the holy Mother of God.” (Liturgy of Hours, July 16) St. Simon Stock, an early Prior of the Carmelite Order, had a vision of our Blessed Mother and she provided him a brown scapular, which was to be worn by members of the Carmelite Order. Scapular comes from the Latn word scapula for “shoulder”, and forms a part of the monastc habit. It is a large cloth that goes over the shoulders and down the back and front.